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World Service,17 Jan 2004,25 mins

Benjamin Zephaniah

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First broadcast in 2004. Poet, novelist and playwright Benjamin Zephaniah shares stories from his life, including an unsettled childhood, and recalls how he couldn't read or write until he was in his twenties. However, from an early age, poetry has been a constant. Interview by John Inverdale.

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